<h1 class="top">Date variable</h1>
<h2>The block</h2>
<img src="help/img/date_var.png" alt="Date variable" class="leftFloatIMG">
<p class="leftFloat left">
    This block symbolises date variables. 
    It is used as a value in the 
    <span class="dateLinks pointer" onclick="fetchthelink('Help/compare_operator.html', '#5aa68c');"> compare operator</span>, 
    in the "IF" and "IF NULL" of the 
    <span  class="dateLinks pointer" onclick="fetchthelink('Help/otherfunction/decode.html', '#5aa68c');">otherfunction</span>, 
    in <span class="dateLinks pointer" onclick="fetchthelink('Help/datefunction/curdate.html', '#a55984');">datefunctions</span>.
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<h2> Functionality</h2>
<p class="text"> The default value of this variable is the current date.</p>
<img src="help/img/date_var_change.png" alt="dChange the date value" class="leftFloatIMG" >  
<p class="text">This value can be changed, as you see in the picture to the left.<br>
    First click on the date. While you click on the date a calendar appears. 
    In this calendar you can choose the year via dropdown and the month via the arrow-buttons. 
    <br>After choosing year and month klick on the date of the day. <br>After choosing the day, the calender disapears and the date is set.<br>
    The calendar has two additional buttons. The 'this month'-button to return to the current month an the 'close'-button, which closesthe calendar.</p>
